Mursi woman with lip plate in the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia

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Mursi woman with lip plate in the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia. The Mursi girls have a fold cut in their lower lip as they enter womanhood, where a pulley is inserted, which then stretches the lip until larger plates can be put in.

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Size: 3188px × 5000px
Location: Mago National Park, South Omo, Ethiopia
Photo credit: © dave stamboulis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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